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Apr 4, 2018
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We’ve talked a lot on The Morning Show about the unbridled development--and over-development--we see going up around us all over the city. Between the power of the real estate industry and a city government only too happy to serve it--even facilitate it--it’s understandable if we average New Yorkers feel besieged. So, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have to now add state government into the mix--though Senate Republicans have never been particularly concerned about NYC...
Topics: @lynnellsworth, @humanscalenyc, @floortoarearatio, @FAR, @nycbuildingheightcaps,, @humanscalenyc,...
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Mar 19, 2016
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In 2011, the Bloomberg administration spent $130 million to transition the Department of Education to a new special education data management system. Unfortunately, as we have repeatedly seen, attempts by previous administrations to ‘improve’ government with computer technology has resulted in the city ending up with a costly disaster. Think CityTime. A recently released report by the NYC Dept. of Education--mandated by a City Council law--reveals up to 40% of city students recommended...
Topics: NYC special education, Advocates for Children of New York, Maggie Moroff
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Jun 15, 2018
06/18
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Last week, the US Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, overturning a Colorado state Civil Rights Commission decision which said the owner of the bakery “unlawfully discriminated” against a same-sex couple by refusing to make them a wedding cake. That case was overturned based on what the justices perceived as Colorado government’s “hostility” to religion. So, what are the implications of the decision, what does it mean when legal experts...
Topics: @arthurleonard, @ussupremecourt, @SCOTUS, @masterpiececakeshopdecision, @justiceanthonykennedy,...
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Oct 11, 2016
10/16
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Note: This interview was conducting just before the Access Hollywood Trump tape was released on which he discusses women in lewd and objectifying ways and admits to sexual assault and harassment. ##### Longtime women's rights advocate and president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, Eleanor Smeal, talks to WBAI radio's The Morning Show about the vacuum in election discourse dealing with women's reproductive health and other related issues. Among the most important, Smeal notes, is the...
Topics: @feministmajority, @eleanorsmeal, @repealhyde, @titleXfunding, @reproductivehealth,...
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Jul 15, 2016
07/16
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LiveON-NYs director of public policy, Bobbie Sackman, discusses their 'fare share' budget campaign, trying to equalize funding for NYC seniors. After the Bloomberg administration decimated the Dept. of Aging, cutting $55 million, Sackman says there has been a little catching up but only halfway and more money is going to youth services--despite seniors being the fastest growing population in both the city and state. Ultimately, seniors are still not getting their fare share, Sackman reports....
Topics: LiveONNY, elder abuse, SCRIE, FAIR SHARE CAMPAIGN, NYC Department of Aging
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Nov 8, 2018
11/18
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I think it’s pretty safe to say these days the GOP is aware it can’t win elections fairly--that it has to cheat through a myriad of methods. Since 2010, 24 states have implemented voting rights restrictions. One of the most effective has been through voter disenfranchisement and here to discuss this and other related issues is Abe Rakov, chair of the board of advisors for Let America Vote , a national voting-rights organization which has been at the front lines working to make voting access...
Topics: Topics @aberakov, @LETAMERICAVOTE, @briankemp, @USvotersuppression, @USvoterdisenfranchisement,...
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Jul 5, 2017
07/17
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Ride-sharing service, Uber, has been making A LOT of headlines of late--seemingly all negative. Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the NY Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) discusses Uber with WBAI's The Morning Show , f rom the recent resignation of its CEO for allowing a toxic workplace culture, to the company's recent admission it ‘accidentally’ underpaid drivers, and more. Desai explains Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick, was forced to step down in the face of pressure from the company's largest...
Topics: @nytwa, @bhairavidesai, @uber, @traviskalanickresignation, @uberwagetheft, @ubertoxicworkculture,...
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Apr 10, 2017
04/17
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Alicia Boyd, founder of Brooklyn's the Movement to Protect the People t alks to WBAI's The Morning Show about some of the latest development controversies in her neighborhood beginning with the Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment Plan. At the Armory site in Crown Heights, the city plans to sell its own land to private developers to build luxury condos. According to Boyd, a 13-story luxury development is included "with the understanding 20% of all units are 'affordable'" but 90% of...
Topics: @aliciaboyd, @movementtoprotectthepeople, @mtopp, @bedfordarmory, @bdbmiz,...
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Oct 20, 2016
10/16
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As part of WBAI radio's lead up to the presidential election, The Morning Show is making a concerted push to fulfill its mission of presenting under-reported or ignored topics and views absent from the national dialogue. Chair of Democracy for America (DFA), Jim Dean, discusses what his progressive organization is doing during this final push leading up to Nov. 8. DFA is currently supporting 116 campaigns across the country. "There are quite a few game changers here," Dean believes....
Topics: @democracyforamerica, @jimdean, @paytoplay, @corporatemedia, @independentmedia, @wbairadio,...
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May 12, 2017
05/17
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Kriston Capps, staff writer at City Labs talks to WBAI radio's The Morning Show about the controversial federal visa program EB-5, which is now most commonly linked to luxury housing development. According to Capps, EB-5 is a "complicated" program that was launched in 1990 to attract foreign direct investment. By funding $1M in a US investment opportunity, a foreign investor could then receive visas for him/her and family. A lesser investment of $500K targeting rural or...
Topics: @eb5, @kristoncapps, @citylab, @USluxurydevelopment, @eb5gerrymandering, @hudsonyards, @extelleb5,...
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Jun 18, 2017
06/17
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According to the NY Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), New York state’s abortion law “ has not met constitutional standards for more than four decades.” That’s because only women whose lives are immediately threatened can obtain the procedure after 24 weeks, as it is still considered a criminal act. And yesterday, a coalition of reproductive and health advocates delivered 50,000 petition signatures to State Senate leaders demanding they pass bills ensuring contraception access and codifying...
Topics: @nyclu, @katharinebodde, @nysabortionlaw, @nysccca, @nysrha, @trumpglobalgagrule,...
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May 3, 2016
05/16
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John Fisher from Tenant.net and Marina Ortiz, founder of East Harlem Preservation, discuss on WBAI's The Morning Show the recent about- face and why some tenant organizations under the umbrella 'Real Affordability for All' now support the de Blasio affordable housing and zoning plans. It is important, they both note, how many of these groups receive money from elected officials, which then give those same electeds political cover for aligning with real estate over community interests, while...
Topics: RAFA sell-out, de Blasio affordable housing, Tenant.net, East Harlem Preservation
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Sep 18, 2018
09/18
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Here at The Morning Show / Metro Mornings , we’ve discussed preservation issues quite extensively. It’s important to remember at this point in history how critical it is to protect and defend the past. It’s not just danger from the Trump Administration nationally; it’s also the dangers posed by a NYC government beholden only to the real estate industry. It’s also danger from a range of global problems like war, poverty and climate change. With me now to discuss what’s going on is...
Topics: @lisaackerman, @WorldMonumentsFund, @WMF, @historicalpreservation, @StatueofLiberty, @GowanusCanal,...
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Sep 8, 2017
09/17
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The development of Brooklyn's Bedford Armory in Crown Heights--which was sold to a well-connected developer for $1--has become a lightning rod for the community, and as a result, for the impending City Council primary race. Here on The Morning Show is Alicia Boyd, leader of Movement to Protect the People to discuss the race, to give an update on the controversial Armory deal as well as on other issues including the fact that the local Community Board chair is a real estate lobbyist. MTOPP.ORG
Topics: @aliciaboyd, @mtopp, @movementtoprotectthepeople, @bedfordarmory, @lauriecumbo, @musamoore,...
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Sep 26, 2018
09/18
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Well, NY’s primary season is finally over and now that the dust has cleared, there were some pretty impactful results. By now, we all know Jeff Klein, the former leader of the Independent Leadership Conference (IDC)--which often caucused with Republicans--was defeated, as were most of the other members of the IDC. Pundits have been describing the all-powerful real estate industry as the biggest loser, but will its iron grip on state and city politics and policy really be loosened? With me to...
Topics: @lizkrueger, @NYStateSenate, @NYStateSenatorLizKrueger, @jeffklein, @NYandrealestatepower,...
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Jul 18, 2017
07/17
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The world was shocked when it was disclosed in the 1970's that conditions at many NY state nursing homes were beyond atrocious. Accounts of patient abuse, fraud and corruption were rampant. As a result, NY became the nation’s first state to form a Medicaid fraud unit just to investigate potential problems and abuses. Over the ensuing 40 years, the creation of adult homes became what many believed to be a promising alternative to institutional nursing homes. Unfortunately, that hope has...
Topics: @legalaidny, @mfylegalservices, @mfjlegal, @judithgoldiner, @jotaborgmann, @nysadulthomes,...
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Jul 9, 2017
07/17
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In April, Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the federal Department of the Interior to review twenty years of national monument designations mostly in the West, despite overwhelming public opposition. Now, the Trump administration is moving forward with “radical expansion" plans according to Think Progress, to open the Alaska refuge to oil drilling. And, there is tremendous concern these actions are a prelude to the potential selling off of public lands. T he Wilderness...
Topics: @wildernesssociety, #defendourlands, #ourwild, @danhartinger, @trumpmonumentreview,...
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Dec 21, 2018
12/18
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In a rare victory against the powerful entrenched cultural and real estate lobbies in NYC, a NYS appellate judge JUST sided with a community group of activists on the Upper West Side against the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in its pursuit to expand into the nearby public park. Here to explain and discuss some of the other development issues they face is William Raudenbush, chairman of Community United to Protect Theodore Roosevelt Park. Saveourpark.nyc Host: Michael G. Haskins...
Topics: @SaveOurPark, @williamraudenbush, @AMNH, @AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory, @AMNHGilderCenter,...
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Nov 28, 2017
11/17
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Did you know every year, more than 20 billion gallons of raw sewage and polluted runoff bypass the city’s sewage treatment plants, ending up in waterways like the Hudson River and East Rivers, Bronx and Harlem Rivers, the Long Island Sound, Jamaica and Flushing Bays, the Gowanus Canal, and Newtown Creek? Did you also know NYC’s plan to ‘fix’ the problem is based on out-dated science and environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are suing the city? Here to...
Topics: @nrdc, @naturalresourcesdefensecouncil, @larrylevine, @nycwaterways, @nycdep, @nysdec, @nycsewage,...
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Apr 25, 2016
04/16
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Executive Director of United Community Centers-East NY, Ana Aguirre, gives a post-mortem assessment on the City Council's near unanimous vote to rezone the area in accordance with Mayor de Blasio's controversial housing plans. Aguirre tells WBAI's The Morning Show neither the city nor Council has proven its commitment to deeper affordability based on the details of what passed: In a community where one third of area families live on less than $22K per year, of the planned 6000 units, half will...
Topics: East NY rezoning, Ana Aguirre, De Blasio housing plan
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Sep 18, 2017
09/17
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As many of us watch in abject disgust and horror as the Trump administration tries to gut the federal agency charged with protecting our environment--the EPA--there are those right here in NY who believe it’s up to our state to step up and fill the imminent void. Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of NY, talks about what has been happening in Albany to assure the state takes the lead to protect clean air and water, The Environmental Bill of Rights , and how the...
Topics: @environmentaladvocatesny, @eany, @peteriwanowicz, @trumpepa, @nyidc, @nyenvironmentalbillofrights,...
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Nov 13, 2018
11/18
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Yes, it’s finally D-day--those critical midterm elections where we will determine whether or not Donald Trump will have check placed on him and his sham of a government. While we NYC voters have no real voting impact on this question, we do have local elections and included in them are three controversial ballot measures. With me to discuss them are two of our good friends, community activists Michael D.D. White, cofounder of Citizens Defending Libraries and Alicia Boyd, founder of The...
Topics: @aliciaboyd, @michaelddwhite, @CitizensDefendingLibraries, @MovementtoProtectthePeople, @MTOPP,...
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Sep 12, 2016
09/16
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President of the NYC Park Advocates, Geoffrey Croft, talks about some of the more pressing issue related to city parks. On WBAI's The Morning Show , Croft address the $150 million allocated by the de Blasio administration for 'anchor' parks, deemed as such because of their strong role in anchoring a given community--$30 million per a park in each borough. The funding is supposed to equalize the disparity among city parks, as maintenance has dropped considerably for decades, predominantly...
Topics: @NYCParksadvocates, @Geoffreycroft, @nycanchorparks, @nycparksandcrime, @nyctennispermits
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Jun 19, 2018
06/18
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Since the Giuliani era, the city has followed an unofficial policy that tourism is more important than the so-called ‘quality of life’--to use Rudy’s own mantra--of those of us who actually live here--a priority in evidence for some 20+ years now. So this makes the next subject difficult to comprehend on a certain level: the prospect of harming a huge tourist attraction, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. At the same time, however, given NYC’s real estate industry is now our shadow...
Topics: @brooklynbotanicgarden, @MTOPP, @aliciaboyd, @movementtoprotectthepeople, @tallbuildingsshadows,...
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Oct 3, 2016
10/16
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Neil de Mause discusses his new book, The Brooklyn Wars: The Stories Behind the Remaking of NY's Most Celebrated Borough on WBAI radio's The Morning Show. The book was only published days before this appearance. De Mause talks about the hybrid book based on anecdotal and historical events to explain the effects gentrification and displacement have had--especially on long-time residents. Though some of the elements de Mause includes could seem disparate--Bloomberg's rezonings, the 1977 blackout,...
Topics: @thebrooklynwars, @neildemause, @brooklyngentrification, @brooklynrezoning
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Nov 27, 2016
11/16
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Bhairavi Desai, e xecutive director of the 19,000-member strong New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) and p resident of the National Taxi Workers Alliance, talks to to WBAI's Morning Show about updates and changes in the fight against ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. One rece nt major decisi on came on behalf of Uber drivers in October, where NY State's Department of Labor (DOL) made an important unemployment determination. NYTWA complained in a federal lawsuit DOL was not...
Topics: @NYTWA, @nytaxis, @Ubernomics, @organizingmessengers, @gigeconomy, @uberviolations,...
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Mar 13, 2018
03/18
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In a state that prides itself on its progressivism, it’s rather ironic disabled and elderly New Yorkers have needlessly difficult lives--in part because of what our local governments do--or don’t do. The state has shortchanged and underfunded both independent living centers and the Long Term Care Ombudsperson Program for decades--which is really the only means residents and their families have for recourse, enforcement and oversight of New York’s nursing and adult homes and assisted...
Topics: @cidny, @susandooha, @centerforindependenceofthedisabled, @masstransitanddisabled,...
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Dec 16, 2016
12/16
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The de Blasio plan to rezone East Harlem (EH) and updates are the topics of discussion for journalist and activist Josmar Trujillo and El Barrio Unite organizer Roger Hernandez Jr. on WBAI's The Morning Show. In November, the Department of City Planning held a meeting for the community to provide new details, but things didn't necessarily go as planned, said Trujillo. It was supposed to be an opportunity to tell residents what they want to do--which is rezone the neighborhood-- and...
Topics: @elbarriounite, @josmartrujillo, @rogerhernandezjr, @eastharlemrezoning, @nycspeakerzoningplan,...
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Aug 14, 2018
08/18
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Things haven’t really been working out for NYC’s communities, or rather, the people living in them. As we have been diligently covering, hugely unpopular development projects and rezonings keep getting proposed by the de Blasio administration, on behalf of developer friends and donors. Even worse, these projects are getting approved, facilitated by agencies within and controlled by de Blasio, like the City Planning Commission. And, they have had help from other elected officials like...
Topics: @BoerumHillAssociation, @HumanScaleNYC, @AllianceforaHumanScaleCity, @howardkolins,...
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Jun 27, 2018
06/18
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Despite the fact that library branches are city assets, that hasn’t stopped two consecutive mayoral administrations from selling them off for the valuable real estate. While we have discussed this issue extensively on The Morning Show , our next guests are here to update us some of the latest twists involving the Science Library, branches in midtown, Brooklyn and Inwood and those notorious disappearing books...Welcome, Michael D.D. White, co-founder of Citizens Defending Libraries and...
Topics: @michaelddwhite, @theodoregrunewald, @citizensdefendinglibraries,...
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Jul 16, 2017
07/17
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Frequent guest, Geoffrey Croft, president of NYC Park Advocates discusses the state of city parks with WBAI radio's The Morning Show. As always, there was much to cover. New York City recently reneged on a decades-old commitment to replace parkland destroyed when the new Yankee stadium was built. The de Blasio administration now wants to build a housing complex instead on the lost 4-acres of park. Croft says the development planned is predominantly market rate with some 'affordable'...
Topics: @geoffreycroft, @nycparkadvocates, @crimeinnycparks, @nycparkinfrastructure,...
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Apr 25, 2018
04/18
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WBAI listeners are extremely well informed, so we invariably know about the Trump administration’s assault against the environment on a myriad of fronts. With me now to discuss some of this--and equally important--what’s been happening on the state level since the budget was recently passed are: Peter Iwanowicz, executive director Environmental Advocates of NY, and Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Region Director, Food and Water Watch and Food and Water Action. EANY.ORG ...
Topics: @environmentaladvocatesofny, @foodandwaterwatch, @nysandclimatechange, @andrewcuomoandenvironment,...
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Aug 21, 2018
08/18
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As we discussed last week, despite overwhelming community opposition, the full NY City Council voted in favor of both the Inwood Upzoning and the Union Square Tech Hub. In both cases, the local council member lead this approval. In the case of Inwood, the CM, Ydanis Rodriguez, always seemed to favor the upzoning. However, in the case of the tech hub, that local CM, Carlina Rivera, made it a campaign pledge last year to win this seat that her approval would be contingent on the city putting into...
Topics: @GVSHP, @andrewberman, @carlinarivera, @ydanisrodriguez, @unionsquaretechhub, @inwoodupzoning,...
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Mar 16, 2017
03/17
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Sam Streed, policy analyst with Advocates for Children of NY (AFC) talks to WBAI radio's The Morning Show about a newly released report showing big disparities in high school/vocational school graduation rates between the general student population in NY State and students with disabilities (SWD). SWDs are considered one of the most at-risk groups for dropping out, so what can the state do to improve the outcome? According to Streed, SWDs "often do well in Career and Technical...
Topics: @AFCNY, @samstreed, @studentswithdisabilities, @boces, @CTE, @nysandstudentswithdisabilities,...
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Mar 29, 2018
03/18
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Yesterday we told you about how the NYC Landmarks Commission is voting today about changing its rules to limit public input, so please make sure you contact the Commission members in opposition. Today, we’re focusing on one of the areas in the city that people are fighting to preserve: Tin Pan Alley --one of the most celebrated and storied pieces of NY’s cultural history. With me is George Caldero, project head of the Save Tin Pan Alley Initiative and board member of the 29th Street...
Topics: @savetinpanalley, @georgecaldero, @NoMad. @georgegershwin, @sheetmusic,...
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Jan 23, 2018
01/18
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We are so honored to have our next guest, who is taking time out of his invariably busy schedule promoting his new book to appear on The Morning Show. Already ranked at number two on Amazon, It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration is Doing to America , is the latest by friend-to-the show, pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist, David Cay Johnston. He’s also author of the NYTs bestseller, The Making of Donald Trump and founder of DCreport.org , to keep watch...
Topics: @davidcayjohnston, @itsevenworsethanyouthink, @whatthetrumpadministrationisdoingtoamerica,...
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Mar 26, 2018
03/18
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In still another assault against preserving the city’s history, the Landmarks Commission or LPC is now considering changing the review process to limit the public’s input in deciding what neighborhoods or sites are worth of such status. And they’re holding the vote TOMORROW! With me now is Theodore Grunewald, an independent preservation advocate in New York City who is trained as an architect. For advocacy, GVSHP.ORG: connects to letters, petition; NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission...
Topics: @nyclpc, @nyclandmarkspreservationcommission, @landmarkingstandards, @nyclpcrulechanges,...
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Jul 29, 2017
07/17
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Did the de Blasio administration violate zoning laws in order to permit the construction of four mega-towers along the Chinatown/Lower East Side waterfront? What are the city’s responsibilities regarding the infrastructure and environment for a given community? And, have local elected officials been complicit on this, yet another gift for real estate developers. David Tieu, member of the Lower East Side Organized Neighbors ( LESON) and the Chinese Staff and Workers Association and...
Topics: @LESON, @maureenkoetz, @davidtieu, @twobrigesdevelopment, @nycdcp, @ulurp, @eis, @margaretchin,...
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Jun 26, 2016
06/16
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Two o the do-founders of Citizens Defending Libraries appeared on WBAI's The Morning Show to discuss the latest twists and turns regarding the sale of the Brooklyn Heights Library, which is now the subject of a federal investigation into the de Blasio administration's 'pay-to-play' policy. Calling it a corrupted process, that these sales are the evolution of inequality not democracy, it is part of what they see as a growing trend to sell public assets. The Brooklyn Heights branch is the 2nd...
Topics: Brooklyn Heights Library, de Blasio pay-to-play, de Blasio investigation, NYC library boards,...
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Dec 20, 2017
12/17
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While the 2017 local elections are over, there’s a very important race heating up for early next year: the selection of NYC Council Speaker. As in years past, this decision is being made behind closed doors by county bosses with input from the Real Estate Board of NY or REBNY--which has become the most powerful lobby in the city and state. With me to discuss this race and its implications is friend-to-the-show Steve Barrisons, e xecutive vice president & spokesperson of the Small Business...
Topics: @2017nycscouncilspeakersrace, @smallbusinesscongress, @rebny, @coalitiontosavenycsmallbusinesses,...
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Sep 29, 2017
09/17
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We’ve talked a lot on The Morning Show about the deficiencies in two of the city’s more important agencies that deal with land use matters: the Department of City Planning (DCP) and the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)-----and especially how both seem to be working increasingly on behalf of developers and property owners, and not so much for the betterment of the city. The next guests will explain why they recently filed a lawsuit against the Landmarks Commission and the suits...
Topics: @tribecatrust, @lynnellsworth, @michaelhiller, @hillerpc, @humanscalenyc,...
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Jul 5, 2016
07/16
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President of the NY Landmarks Conservancy, Peg Breen, talks about a newly released report they commissioned which undermines the real estate industry's argument that preservation stifles growth, prevents affordable housing from being built, and only appeals to affluent white New Yorkers. Breen dispelled the narrative of the cost of landmarking; in fact, they found it's a key to the city's economy. $800M is invested in restoration projects each year, $500M pays for local jobs, and heritage...
Topics: cost of landmarking and preservation in NYC, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, NY Landmarks...
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Nov 15, 2018
11/18
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Yesterday, we discussed the local election results with Common Cause NY . Today, we’re taking on the national results of last week’s midterms with our special guest, friend-to-the-show, Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America. Welcome back. https://www.democracyforamerica.com/ Host: Michael G. Haskins Senior Producer: Jillian Jonas
Topics: @DFA, @DemocracyforAmerica, @jimdean, @2018midtermelections, @USHouseDemocraticVictories,...
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Mar 22, 2018
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Earlier this year, there was a plethora of local press coverage recounting the appalling plight of rent-regulated tenants in a Chinatown building--who were evicted because of poor conditions. Well, fast forward a few months and you’d never know these displaced tenants are STILL displaced, as the media has seemingly lost interest in their struggle--a situation that has been made worse by the city. With me to update us are two community organizers who have been fighting in the trenches for...
Topics: @youthagainstdisplacement, @nationalmobilizationagainstsweatshops, #85Bowery, @josephbetesh,...
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Apr 4, 2016
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Steve Barrison, attorney and EVP of the Small Business Congress-NYC-- which represents more than 185,000 mom & pop businesses-- discusses a recent event held in Queens in which they are trying to pressure local elected officials for help to stem the tidal wave of mass closings. Queens is the home to the largest number of immigrants in the city, and immigrants are the largest owners of small businesses, yet many Queens legislators have turned their backs on their constituents on this...
Topics: NYC small business, mom and pop businesses, Small Business Jobs Survival Act, NYC & power of...
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Nov 5, 2018
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I think it’s pretty safe to say these days the GOP is aware it can’t win elections fairly--that it has to cheat through a myriad of methods. Since 2010, 24 states have implemented voting rights restrictions. One of the most effective has been through voter disenfranchisement and here to discuss this and other related issues is Abe Rakov, chair of the board of advisors for Let America Vote , a national voting-rights organization which has been at the front lines working to make voting access...
Topics: @aberakov, @LETAMERICAVOTE, @briankemp, @USvotersuppression, @USvoterdisenfranchisement,...
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Dec 3, 2018
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While The Morning Show has already examined the Amazon HQ deal, we don’t believe there has been sufficient coverage because there are so many important issues. One of the most of interest to us, is the deal’s use of so much taxpayer money--up to $3 billion through what can only be called corporate welfare--for a company that by all accounts, would have come here anyway. And that is commonly the case with many of the state and city’s tax incentive programs. Here to help us understand how...
Topics: @lynnellsworth, @HumanScaleNYC, @AllianceforaHumanScaleCity, @NYtaxincentivesforbusiness,...
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Nov 13, 2017
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Medicare’s Open Enrollment period recently began, all while the Trump/GOP’s tax plan includes potential massive cuts to programs like Medicare. Our guest is here to explain how to navigate the system including during Open Enrollment; what Medicare' s prospects are, the Benes Act, and how this organization helps people obtain their rightful benefits everyday. Welcome, Fred Riccardi, Director of Client Services of the Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights). Medicarerights.org Medicare...
Topics: @medicare, @medicarerightscenter, @fredriccardi, @medicareopenenrollment, @benesact,...
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Nov 7, 2017
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While many of us realize tomorrow is election day, few may be aware there are some important proposals on the ballot. Executive director of Environmental Advocates, Peter Iwanowicz, explains them, including the pros and cons and where his organization stands--particularly concerning Proposal #1 to convene a Constitutional Convention and Proposal #3 approving the creation of a land trust. eany.org
Topics: @2017nysballotmeasures, @peteriwanowicz, @environmentaladvocatesofny, @nysconstitutionalconvention,...
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Apr 24, 2016
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Beloved veteran entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, tells WBAI's The Morning Show why he is an enthusiastic supporter and surrogate for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. At 90, Mr. Van Dyke talks about how he hasn't actively campaigned for a candidate since Eugene McCarthy in 1968 and why he is doing so now. He also discusses how the eponymous ''The Dick Van Dyke Sho,' helped break color barriers in the US and how prevalent racism remains today.
Topics: Dick Van Dyke, Bernie Sanders, television color barriers
